Romance Drama ‘Prisoners Of Paradise’, Starring Ellie Bamber & Rhona Mitra, Scores North American Deal — Cannes Market

EXCLUSIVE: Vantage Media has acquired North American distribution rights to the romantic period film Prisoners of Paradise — formerly known as Ambleside — from Vaneast Pictures.

Lined up for an August 2026 release, the film is set in 1925 Mauritius and follows Lucy Gladwell, a recently orphaned young woman sent from England to live under the guardianship of her uncle, where she defies expectations and social constraints by falling in love with a local laborer, Krishna.

Directed by Mitch Jenkins and written by Jason Wingard, Alan Govinden, and Jenkins, the movie stars Ellie Bamber (Nocturnal Animals), alongside Rhona Mitra (Underworld: Rise of the Lycans), Rupert Penry-Jones (The Batman), JJ Field (Captain America: The First Avenger), Mehdi Dehbi (Messiah) and Edward Akrout (Rodin).

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